white house communications director feels slim at times in a suite, during the primary they encouraged voters to consider what a president can accomplish through executive action so my question is which action the president took to reverse donald trump's executive orders with a have liked to see him not to sue. this is notable because it is the first time president biden

former white house communications director jennifer palmieri noting the time of this is after the georgia senate runoff races were called, perhaps the idea that democrats would control these committees that oversee these social media companies. do you have any indication that it's about politics or, as zuckerberg is pointing out, simply about the changing nature of the level of violence that we've seen? >> hallie, i believe zuckerberg,

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this on tonight's first white house press briefing may seem different than you've gotten used to. former white house communicationso stranger to the dc press corps, she breaks down that first presser for the new administration. she's next. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: four shannon: four years ago sean spicer battled his way through a series of contentious white house press briefings and joins us live, the newly minted press secretary opened her tenure in the biden administration answering questions from us were amicable press corps. trace gallagher is on the case for us tonight. >> the first white house briefing of the biden administration lasted about 35 minutes with press secretary jen saki handling questions about unity, global outreach and whether president biden will keep the color scheme on air force one. former president trump's name came up 9 times but there was no yelling, posturing or accusation. in other words the opposite of the first trump administration breathing where sean spicer was asked if he intended to tell the truth and whether donald trump plans to allow the russia collusion investigations go forward. las

nixon library in 2012 and consists of films by this informal super eight home movies and white house communication sound recordings. >> president nixon's departure for china, february 1972. [applause] >> mister vice president, mister speaker, members of the congress and cabinet, i want to express my very deep appreciation to all of you who have come here to send us off on this historic mission. ar!÷<%ujt)pn leadership of that house and senate who are here. we, have course, are under no illusions that 20 years of hostility between the peoples republic of china and the united states of america are going to be swept away by one week of talks, that we will have their. we must recognize that the government of the people's republic of china and the government of the u.s. have had great differences. we will have differences in the future. but what we must do is to find a way to see that we can have differences without being enemies and more. if we can make progress toward that goal on this trip, the world will be a much safer one and the chance for particularly all those young children over there to grow

incoming white house communications director commented in an interview on sunday. >> president-elect biden is going to come into office and take decisive steps to roll back some of the most egregious moag the trump administration. you're going to see him make movement on racial equity and movement on climate. >> his incoming chief of staff listed the plampbs this a memo to staff saying he will sign executive on some ten steps during his first day in office to deal with major challenges. the planned actions include the return of the u.s. to the paris agreement, lifting the travel ban on muslim countries and issuing a mask mandate for travel. the memo says biden's other plans for his first ten days include extbdsing a pause on student loan payments and expanding coronavirus testing. >>> meanwhile the bureau of investigation is warning of potential armed protests in the capitol and states across the country as ina august ration day approaches. authorities have erected fencing and security check points to search people's belongings. they have restricted access to the center of washington

naval photographic center, informal super eight home movies by nixon's advisors, and the white house communications agency sound recordings. >> president nixon's departure for china. south lawn, 17 february, 1972. [applause] [beep] [applause] >> mr. vice president, mr. speaker, members of congress and members of the cabinet, i want to express my deep appreciation to all of you who have come here to send us off on this historic mission. i particularly want to express appreciation to the bipartisan leadership of the house and senate, who are here. we, of course, are under no illusions that 20 years of hostility between the people's republic of china and the united states of america are going to be swept away by one week of talks that we will have there. we must recognize that the government of the people's republic of china and the government of the united states have had great differences. we will have differences in the future, but what we must do is to find a way to see that we can have differences without being enemies in war. if we can make progress toward that goal on this trip, the world will

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fauci and others, that it is just poor communication on the part of the white house. actually is a real problem because when the white house communicates badly, gives bad information to states, it hampers states' ability to do what they need to to get people vaccinated. clear communication from the white house is really important. i think we have vaccine doses coming to the states in the days and weeks ahead. but, boy, this was a lot of confusion that did not help the american people. >> you've suggested some of the highest risk communities here in the united states are not getting the vaccine that they needed right now. explain your fear. >> i'm worried about this, wolf. we're seeing preliminary data. i don't want to over state what we have but the very early data suggests we're not doing a good job of getting vaccines into those communities that have been hit so hard. communities of color, african-american, latino, native american communities. that is not where the vaccinations are happening right now. i'm worried that unless we really make a concerted effort to set

let's bring in the new white house communications director kate bedingfield. >> thanks for having me. >> where is he drawing inspiration from with that critical inaugural address? >> the american people. he spent the last year and a half traveling the country and then when he couldn't travel the country speaking virtually with people all over the country, hearing their story, hearing about their resilience, seeing them being the best that they could be in their communities in incredibly hard times so today you'll hear him give a speech that really calls on us as americans to meet this moment together, to rise together. it will be a forward-looking speech. it will speak to the moment we're in but also lay out a vision for the future. it will underscore his fundamental belief that we can only tackle these crises that we're facing as a country if we work together. what you will hear from him will be an optimistic message for the future. >> how will he address speaking on the steps of the capitol that were stormed by domestic terrorists. >> obviously that was a low point in our democracy,

and there are calls even from the president's own former white house communications director to condemn this violence, saying real donald trump you are the only one they will listen to for our country. once again, a question about the leadership of this country and -- the vacuum that exists at this moment, the vacuum presided by the president of the united states. i have had texts from several republicans i imagine perhaps we have as well amplifying what was just said, the president needs to issue a tweet and put a video up quickly and saying get out of the capitol peaceably assemble and stop this violence. nothing from the president, nothing, except that anodyne reference to let's support our capitol police, that's not sufficient, you set this in motion you must stop it but the other underlying and alarming reality of that is the idea that the president can directionally influence this small mob that has breached the capitol and that underscores something that is alarming about this scenario, that they are so devoted to him they will do things of this nature which we should underscore

white house communications director feels slim at times in a suite, during the primary they encouragedaccomplish through executive action so my question is which action the president took to reverse donald trump's executive orders with a have liked to see him not to sue. this is notable because it is the first time president biden has received criticism from a very biden friendly media. interesting reaction coming in on social media, joe said this before the election, you can't do it by executive order unless you are a dictator, 30 executive orders in eight days and the new york times is becoming best known for having a great crossword puzzle. jade is an outside the box thinker, all executive orders should have a maximum life of three years if congress does not make them a real law they disappear or get renewed for another 3 years, they get one renewal and then did. this goes for any president from any party. she has thought about executive orders. i am not going to lie to you. i have a lot of lazy days especially on weekends but never once have i call myself sloth and i don't think yo

i spoke to don beyer, the white house communications director under bill clinton and he shared with mejen psaki today, thanking her for redeeming the country, i think was his words. that was the purpose of the briefing today. it was seen as a reintroduction of the us, of this administration, to the world. ~ . , ~ world. max, president biden said democracy _ world. max, president biden said democracy has - world. max, president biden. said democracy has prevailed. that had a lot to do with the fact they were 25,000 national guardsmen on the streets of washington to prevent an occurrence of —— a re— occurrence of the events a couple of weeks ago. they will be many on the side of the radical left who said president trump never tried to appeal to those who voted democrat, why notjust press on with what you feel needs doing? don't worry about unifying the country? whatever that means. we about unifying the country? whatever that means. we do have to remember— whatever that means. we do have to remember that _ whatever that means. we do have to remember that 75 _ whatever that means. we do h

the tone of tonight's first white house press briefing may seem a little bit different than what you've gotten use to. former white house communicationsyssa fara is no stranger to the d.c. press corps, she helps us break down that first presser for the administration. she's next. ♪ ♪ university of phoenix is awarding up to one million dollars in new scholarships through this month, because hope fuels opportunity. see what scholarship you qualify for at phoenix.edu robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees so you can start investing today, wherever you are — even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: four years ago, sean pfizer battled his way through a series of highly contemptuous press meetings. jen psaki opened her tenure answering questions from much more amicable press corps. trace gallagher is on the case for us tonight. good evening, trey. >> good evening to you. the first white house briefing of the biden administration lasted about 35 minutes with john saki handling questions about unity, global outreach, a

jen psaki would finish out the administration as white house communication director and she is now theary, the most visible position. this is a woman who knows what she's doing. she's been through it already. joining us for the interview is white house press secretary jen psaki. it is really nice of you to come on the show tonight. i know you have every option in the world. thanks for being here. >> great to be here. thanks for having me. >> it is hard for those of us in the press and in the public to get used to there being a white house press briefing every day again. we were accustomed to it for so long and when it went away, we lost those muscles immediately. and it feels actually even sometimes hard to keep up. how is it going from your perspective? >> well, on the first day i have to be honest, i got some texts from friends who said things like "the world is counting on you." "we're watching you, hopefully it all goes okay." there's a little bit of pressure on your shoulders but i am honored i get to serve in this role and to serve for this president who every day is willing to a

jen psaki would later finish out the obama administration as white house communications director. so, tonight, as she joins us, jen psaki is just eight days into this new role as white house press secretary, the most visible communications role in all of u.s. government, but this is not day eight of jen psaki's responsibility in jobs like this. this is a woman who knows what she's doing. she's been through it already. joining us now for the interview is white house press secretary jen psaki. jen, it is really nice of you to come on the show tonight. i know you have every option in the world. thanks for being here. >> oh, great to be here. thank you. thanks for having me. >> it is hard for those of us in the press and in the public to get used to there being a white house press briefing every day again. we were accustomed to it for so long, and then when it went away, we lost those muscles immediately. and it feels, actually, even sometimes hard to keep up. how is it going from your perspective? >> well, on the first day, i have to be honest, i got some texts from friends who said t

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we're better than this. >> alissa farrah, former white house director of strategic communications for trump administration, thank you very much. thanks for being with us. >>> and the nation's capitol remains under a public emergency has questions swirl about how the response to the riots that overwhelmed the halls of congress failed. d.c. mayor muriel bowser joins us next. many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. it lowers the risk. oh! and i only have to take it once a week. oh! ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) ozempic® is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not share needles or pens. don't reuse needles. do not take ozempic® if you hav

it is telling the white house communications team which is supposed to be the most forthcoming in historyhis because they are hot flat-footed. you would think john kerry would have addressed this before. he has been considered by this position for a long time. todd: the white house did not respond to fox news's request for comment. needed to the vehicle by which the jet is employed to the sky. keep in mind 40 times more carbon used by private planes than commercial. with that this situation in san francisco is something else. folks, the san francisco board of education plan to strip names from school of historical figures, 44 of them in fact. my question is how much will things improve based on this move by the san francisco school board? >> i am going out on a limb. sometimes you take chances. i think lincoln was a good president. to change the name is quite remarkable considering what he did for basic human rights and freedoms for people regardless of color i don't think we want to be changing that name and paul revere is going down as far as the school is concerned and even diane feins

. >> i spoke with the incoming white house communications director. press secretary. who says, you know, right after joe biden is inaugurated, when he becomes president, they're going to hold their first briefing. and i jokingly said, is it going to be about the crowd size? she said it is. we happily have the smallest crowd size in history because there's a pandemic going on. we're telling people to stay home and to stay safe. encouraging them to stay safe. this is not about the biggest crowd size. it's about the smallest and we're happy about that but day one they're hold a press briefing in the briefing room and every weekday after that, they said. so they know they're going to have to build the trust back because of the mistrust that has come out of that podium. thank you so much. i appreciate it. >>> so i want to bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. good evening. i want to get to the investigation into the insurrection on the capitol. at the capitol. you're just learning about another arrest? what do you know? >> right. there was a woman by the na

former white house communications director anthony scaramucci is here.itical commentator ana navarro and amanda carpenter. it is just -- it's crazy. it's literally crazy. show us -- the guys that show us the voting machines, they have done all that, and you're still living in la la land. hello, all of you. anthony, president trump is spreading his lies on phone calls. he is spreading on twitter and at rallies. the most dangerous part, the fact that so many americans believe it. why? >> well, a lot of americans unfortunately are dissatisfied with the system. so they're prone to conspiracy theory. he likes creating that kind of havoc. but just remember one thing. this is totally pre-meditated. he knows exactly what he's doing. he knows he lost the election. he said the same thing about ted cruz after the iowa caucus. he was going to say the same thing about the 2016 election, because he thought he had lost that election. so he's just repurposing that for right now. it's a money making scheme. it's designed to intimidate the republican party and effectively

white house channels just like every president before him. so typically, an email snt out to the white house or another form of white house communication. >> i'll sure everyone will be keeping their eye on their inboxes for that. let's turn for a moment to the national security. they are moving ahead with installing michael ellis, a former gop operative as the top lawyer. a very controversial move there. how unusual is a move like this in the last days of an administration and what could be the fallout for it? can it even be undone going forward? >> you mentioned the timing and that is what has really caught people's attention about this. it is not completely unusual for someone with political ties to be in this position, which is something the pentagon pointed out in their statement, defending this appointment. but there is a sense of trying to leave an imprint on the country's premier spy agency. the biden administration could come in and reassign ellis from this position. it is protected by certain civil service rules but there's nothing to prevent the biden administration from moving him into another job. >> all right. thank you from what i

white house communications director shot back in a sweet saying during the primary they encouraged votersxecutive action. my question is which actions the president took to reverse donald trump's executive orders with a have liked to see him not pursue. the first dust up between the biden administration and media. todd: they are allowed to go. i would like to apologize to all the chickens, pigs and rats i have offended. carley: the animals are up in arms over this. petasking everyone not to use animal names as insults. instead of chickens they say, say coward, rat, snitch, instead of snake call someone a jerk, pig, repulsive, sloth, they are lazy. peta says using animal names as insults is supremacist language. how do people react on social media? jeff says i can't tell if this is real or you are making fun of your selves. the pig thing is not going to work. i went to denny's and ate like a repulsive. i don't know. then there are the vegans and vegetarians saying peta makes us look bad. todd: do they ever want to get a job? jillian: we should be allowed to call people jerks. how about we

. >> i spoke with the incoming white house communications director, jen sake, a press secretary, who says right after joe biden is nainaugurated and when he becomes president, they're going to hold their first briefing. i jokingly said is it going to be about the crowd size? she said, yeah, it is. we happily have the smallest crowd size in history because there is a pandemic going on, and we are telling people to stay home and to stay -- encouraging them to stay safe. so this is not about the biggest crowd size. it's about the smallest crowd size and we are very happy about that. but day one, they're going to hold a press briefing in the briefing room, and every week day after that they said so, and they know they're going to have to build the trust back because of the mistrust that's come out of that podium. thank you so much, gentlemen. i appreciate it. >>> so, i want to bring in now senior justice correspondent evan perez and our crime and justice correspondent shimon. evan, i want be to get into the investigation, the insurrection at the capitol. you are just learning about anoth

you heard the former white house communications director alyssa farah making that statement earlier today on "new day." but one thing is clear is that impeachment is more likely than invoking the 25th amendment and that is because at this point a source close to the vice president is telling us that vice president mike pence is highly unlikely to support efforts to use the 25th amendment with a majority of the cabinet members to strip the president of his presidential powers. but what is clear is that at least two cabinet members i'm told just yesterday were having conversations with other members of the cabinet discussing the possibility of demanding a cabinet meeting to confront the president about his behavior and hanging over that meeting would be this idea of the 25th amendment. all of that, those calls for resignation, these discussions among members of the cabinet, resignations from two cabinet members, secretary of transportation elaine chow and secretary of education betsy devos, all of that factored into the president's decision to ultimately release that video last night in whi

eric: that was the incoming white house communications director, praising the president-elect's plans for his first ten days in office. yesterday, the president-elect announced a slew of new executive orders on top of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package and expansive immigration bill that he plans to enact, what else does he have in store? charlie hurd is with us, a fox news contributor. charlie, what do you see as priority number one for the incoming administration? >> well, i think that we're getting a glimpse of it right now with all of the talk of trying to rejoin the paris cry mall accord -- climate accord, with the effort to legalize the 11 million dreamers. i guess we don't really know for certain how many there are. but this is the problem of course with running a sort of stealth campaign as joe biden did. when you get elected, there isn't a clear mandate about what to do. i think the problem for joe biden is that even with something like the paris climate you accord or the iranian nuclear deal, if you were to poll democrats, democrat voters, not trump supporters, b

. >>> coming up on this week, just days before the inauguration, incoming white house communications director kate bedingfield talks exclusively about the biden agenda. you can watch the full interview on george stephanopoulis at 8:00 on abc 7. >>> vice president kamala harris will resign tomorrow ahead of her inauguration according to her aides. this means, there will no longer be black women in the u.s. senate. they will hold an inauguration ball to celebrate the oakland native. oakland salutes will have performances from the symphony and communityst commissioner and close friend will host the event at 3:00 p.m. on the oakland youtube channel. >>> we know vice president-elect kamala harris will make history. now we are learning she is going to use the moment to pay tribute to other trail blazers before her. she will be sworn in by sotomayor. harris will take the oath with two bibles, one that belonged to miss regina shelton, a mother growing up and the bible longing to the late justice thurgood marshall, the first african-american justice and calls marshall the inspiration for her

senior political reporter nia-malika henderson is here and anthony scaramucci, the former white house communications director. good evening to both of you. the president is wanting a crowd to see him off from andrews air force base. you got an invitation, are you going to see him off? >> no, are you going to be my guest? i mean if you will be my guest, i will cancel all of my plans. i was going to have my fingernails pulled out tomorrow morning instead of going to that, but if you will be my guest i will go with you. how does that sound? >> i might take you up on that, but go on. i'm not kidding, but go on. >> no, look, the point is they had to send out a massive e-mail, don, for me to get that e-mail. you know, i haven't given money to the republican party in three-and-a-half years, so he's probably having a hard time, like all things, they'll staff it, they will fill it with staff. i guess it will soothe his ego, but i don't think so. i think the real issue for the president is who is going to indict him first, is it going to be a state, a federal indictment, is it going to be the city of new york

>>we are in a volatile time incoming white house communications director kate bedingfield said on abc this week. president elect joe biden's team is working closely with law enforcement to ensure that we're preparing for any scenario that that should arise after noon on january, the 20th lawmakers are still reeling from the violence of january 6 when a mob marched from white house rally and smash their way into the capital their ambition was to assassinate the speaker to hand the vice president. >>and to hunt down members of congress, the fbi is warning that the president's supporters may be planning more violent protests around the biden inauguration. >>on sunday afternoon, the area around the capital was uneasy calm. pennsylvania congresswoman madeline dean is already looking beyond inauguration day. >>she is one of the 9 lawmakers who will prosecute the senate impeachment trial against private citizen donald many members of congress south carolina republican congresswoman nancy mace said on nbc's meet the press republicans must speak out against president trump we need to rebuild o

joining me now from the white house north lawn is kate bedingfield. she's a communications director for president biden. kate, it's great to have you on. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me, chris. >> president biden laid out the logic behind the $1.9 trillion rescue package today and i think in the beginning there was a little bit of a question of, maybe you can get 10 republican votes for this. maybe this can be a -- look, we all realize this has to happen. am i wrong to feel like that sense is slipping away? what's your read on it? what's the white house's read on it? >> i think you're wrong, chris. as you said, this is a package that has gotten support from the chamber of commerce, the business round table, these are -- as you said, these are traditionally conservative groups who have been very supportive of this package and, look, we are in the midst of a tragic crisis in this country. we have 4,000 americans dying every day from this virus. they're dying in blue states, they're dying in red states. the virus doesn't see party. the virus doesn't s

former communications director for jeb bush's 2016 campaign and my friend jen paul mary, the white house communicationsr under president obama and former communications director for hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. now the co-host of "the circus," to give our audience context if they haven't seen you, you are a never-trumper. >> yeah, i'm not a big fan of the president, not a big fan of inciting coups to overthrow our democracy. i think plus one for the never trumpers on that. look, i'm proud of the ten. you know, adam kinzinger has been solid the whole time, liz cheney gave a really impassioned statement on this. you played jamie herrera's statement which was excellent. here's the problem, though, it's hard for me not to look at this as a glass half empty thing, those ten, while good on them, are completely swamped by the 139 republicans in the house caucus that voted to overturn the election results and put in place in the election results a donald trump autocracy based on their own decision that they have imagined that there was voter fraud and that they want to disenfranchise every voter in the ent

let's bring in former white house communications director alyssa farah on that. see you this morning and thank you for being here. a lot of excitement and anticipation this week. considering the early voting numbers, would you be concerned since obviously we typically see early voting lean democrat at what we're seeing so far? >> good to be with you. the numbers track with what we were anticipating. democrats have made a huge effort to try to enlist first-time new voters in this georgia senate runoff. they've brought out celebrities to help rally support particularly from students and first-time voters. what i can tell your viewers the georgia republican party has an extremely strong ground game in the state and we're very enthusiastic and feeling good about the support we'll see on election day. i say we should keep our eyes on those numbers. it shows there is huge momentum on both sides. we should be able to match and beat them on actual election day. >> sandra: mark levin making it clear to his listeners how important it is they go out and vote. listen. >> you

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former white house communications director for president obama, hillary clinton's presidential campaign. she hosts podcast "just something about her." david jolly, let me begin with you tonight because those are your former colleagues on the republican side of the aisle and the house that nancy pelosi is talking about tonight. what is the difference between kevin mccarthy and the new members who -- some of whom, one of whom, has advocated the assassination of nancy pelosi? >> apparently nothing. kevin mccarthy and republican leaders should publicly condemn marjorie taylor greene. they should eject her from the house republican conference, refuse to seat her on any committees and isolate her from any support of the party apparatus or the friendly donors that typically support republican members. lawrence, here's why marjorie taylor greene is dangerous. the fbi, for the first time in may of 2019, warned that it was not just the white nationalists, not just the white supremacists that were creating a domestic terrorism danger. it was the conspiracy theory groups that were fuelling that con

transitions get a lot of attention for the cabinet secretaries and the big name picks of the white house communications team. that is what we are looking forward to, because we want to cover those big stories. to be filled have during this very quick timeline, and 1200 have to get senate confirmation -- that was surprising even to me. secretary card, let's start with you. i think if you just give our students a sense of how you even do that, how do you fill 4,000 jobs on this tight of a timeline, where do you even begin? mr. carr: well, first of all, i want to thank georgetown and brunswick, and i thank you and i thank molly, and you, karen, that's wonderful to be with you. the task is beyond comprehension almost immediately, but what you have to focus on is staffing the white house first. that's the only institution in government where congress plays no role. they don't confirm anyone who works at the white house, and that's the team that i think should be addressed first if you're building a new administration. i'm really grateful that the president-elect named his chief of staff right out of the box

. >>> i want to bring in the former white house communications director under president trump. you heard this recording now of this phone call. give me your reaction. are you surprised? alarmed? disturbed? >> certainly not surprised. i think anybody that's been in president trump's orbit has heard calls like this and has heard that sort of pushiness and that level of intimidation. obviously there was lawlessness related to the ukraine president. this is rank lawlessness happening domestically. he needs to be impeached again. they won't do that because you have 16 days left to go here. it's absolutely disgraceful that there's only a few republicans that are willing to speak out against this. and so why that is so troublesome, ana, they're seeing this as a sign to coalesce with the president and to torque up trumpism even harder thinking that's a winning strategy, that it's a working-class party now, and that more trumpism, more qanon is going to be their ticket to more power. they picked up seats in the house and this is evidence that is creating this sort of hysteria in the rep

studio telling key back to you guys taylor, thank you for that stephanie grisham, the former white house communications director and current chief of staff for first lady melania trump has submitted her resignation grisham has worked for the president and first lady since 2015 3 years ago the first lady hired her as communications director then. >>in 2019 the president made her his 3rd press secretary she later moved back to work with the first lady she did not give a specific reason for her departure today. today's riots and protests prompted criticism among many social justice groups, especially those involved in the black lives matter movement. and many of the protests following the death of george floyd other cases involving officer involved shootings protesters say law enforcement treated them harshly 4 hours today, those rioters and looters in washington dc were allowed to swarm with no repercussions inside of the u.s. capitol. >>kron four's terisa stasko has more on what local activists are saying about what happened today. >>very first thing i posted them on social media was now if those are bl

to the nations companies and editorial to forbes the media conglomerate kevin lane said white house communicationsrs cannot be trusted writing quotes, hire any of the above and forms one is that everything your company firm talks about is a lie. since another attempt to silence opposing views? and should companies actually listen? the party panel is back, chris barron, katherine mangu-ward and richard fowler. chris let's discuss the spray the entire communication team whose work for this administration, i think they deserve the congressional medal of freedom. they have the most difficult job ever in politics. imagine the rock and a hard place that they are stuck between with material narcissistic impulsive president and the ravenous imbalance press. and the way they had to comport themselves are pretty stunning. i think they would make a great hostage negotiators or crisis managers experts per your thoughts? see that there are a few press people have done better than the trump press people have. sara huckabee sanders is a national treasure. she managed to stay so composed under the most unbelievab

scaramucci lasted only 11 days as white house communications director. >> i've seen this guy throw a him at madison square garden with a top coat on. he's standing in the key and he's hitting foul shots and swishing them, okay. he sinks three-foot putts. i don't see this guy as a guy who is ever under siege. the spapt president is a winner we're going to do a lot. >> he made the country sicker and poorer and it's time for him to leave the stage. >> the next group stopped running the race somewhere around the first water table. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. >> sean spicer, trump's first press secretary lasted only six months and then turned up on "dancing with the stars." ♪ also in the six-month and under club, the first chief of staff reince priebus, strategist steve bannon and adviser k.t. mcfarland. tom price lasted seven months resigning after scrutiny of his private jet travel and then there are the folks who hit the wall at mile 23, mile 24 and in some cases mile marker 25.9. kellyanne conway who famously declared the white house deliv

george stephanopoulos, our chef chief anchor will go one on one with the incoming biden white house communications director kate bedingfield. plus george speaks with two members of congress who voted for impeachment for president trump. that's all coming up on "this week." and while i have you, you can see the new riveting abc news documentary "24 hours: assault on the capitol." it's an inside look at the siege. it's on hulu. i watched it last night. it is indeed riveting. whit, over to you. >> something to watch. >>> dan, we want to move now to the pandemic. the number of deaths in the u.s. nearing 400,000. this morning, los angeles has become the first county to reach a total of 1 million cases. that's 1 million cases in just one county, and the vaccine backlog is nowhere near resolved. abc's zohreen shah joins us now from l.a. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. only over 10 million first doses nationwide. megasites are trying to change the pace. the dodgers are recently the world champs and still trying to break records here. first with testing. now with vaccinations. they

former white house communications director jennifer palmieri noting the time of this is after the georgia senate runoff races were called, perhaps the idea that democrats would control these committees that oversee these social media companies. do you have any indication that it's about politics or, as zuckerberg is pointing out, simply about the changing nature of the level of violence that we've seen? >> hallie, i believe zuckerberg, according to this statement and his actions before, very much focused on what is happening right now. but, of course, the context matters. facebook has one of the most powerful, richest lobbying operations in washington. we've all seen it in action, especially under the trump administration. zuckerberg does have a relationship directly with president trump. he's spent time with him as we've reported. know know zuckerberg has been very willing to testify before congress trying to engage lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. as you look at that full context, of course who is in power certainly matters to facebook. you have an administration coming in, the b

transitions get a lot of attention for the cabinet secretaries and the big name pics, the white house communications team, that's what we are in the media are looking forward to because we are to cover those big stories. but 4,000 jobs have00 to be filled during this very quick timeline, 1200 have to get sent confirmation. so secretary that start with you. if you just to give our students a sense of how you even do that. how do you feel 4,000 jobs on this kind of timeline? where do you begin? >> well first of all i want to think of georgetown and brunswick. and i thank you, and i think mommy, and you karen it's wonderful to be with you. the task is not copperheads should almost immediately. but what you have to focus on is staffing the white house first fear. that's the only institution a government where congress plays no role. they don't confirm anyone who works at the white house. that's the team that i think i should be addressed first, if you're building a new administration. i'm really grateful that the president-elect named his chief of staff right out of the box, he's very able do the job an

news capitol hill correspondent and host of "way too early," kasie hunt, and jen palmieri, white house communicationsbama. kasie, that was a moment on fox, bret baier was fact checking josh hawley. hawley really started this rebellion and it's true that they can't change the outcome, but there's all kinds of talk about what mike pence might do with other electoral, you know, college delegates, trying to foster rebellion. how could this routine procedure get out of control? >> andrea, at this point my sources are telling me it's unlikely to get completely out of control, although there are some potential unknowns simply because this is all unprecedented. we've hardly seen anything like this before there have only been a couple of incidents in history where even a small piece of this has been challenged. in this case it's likely to drag out for hours. we're just learning at this hour that senator ted cruz joined by senator braun plan to sign onto an objection to arizona, that will be one of the first states up, as everything goes in alphabetical order. so if they object to that right out of the gate, w

the former white house communications director, before she left to become a spokesperson said condemn this now, donald trump. you're the only one they will listen to for our country. and there's been a whole host of tweets from republicans. adam kinsinger, sometimes a trump critic, a republican from illinois. this is a coup attempt. tom cotton, very conservative senator from arkansas, violence and anarchy are unacceptable. we're a nation of laws. this needs to end now. so the breach has actually gotten to the senate floor. you can see a number of republicans calling on president trump to do more. this assault on the capitol took place after he spoke for an hour. the crowds and urged them to head to the capitol. not saying he urged them to commit this violence. a lot of people saying these are your supporters, sir. the only one that can get them to stand down and leave is you. >> bill: thank you. we want to go to the capitol building. we believe it's the capitol. welcome to our ongoing coverage, chrissy houlihan. can you tell us where you are? >> sure. thank you for having me. i'm safe

former white house communications director anthony scaramucci. anthony, it's good to see you.i'm sorry it's under these circumstances. so president trump described tonight as sullen, vengeful, lashing out at any comparison to the final days of nixon. how do you see the next six days playing out? >> well, i think the very good news, and i think director comey said that, i think they've got most of this under control. you know, delta airlines not allowing guns on planes into d.c. airbnb, et cetera. so if he could have one more big insurgency, he would. but i don't think he's going to be able to get that now because he doesn't have the communication, the direct messaging that was going on on social media and stuff like that. i think it's going to be sullen, anger-based and somewhat solitary, anderson. i don't see this thing mushrooming the way it could have if we didn't get it under control in the last week. >> do you think he will go quietly? i mean, that his aides will be able to keep any remarks to something scripted and on the teleprompter? they've been able to do that the la

given the fact that steve bannon was someone once ex-communicated from the white house after he was quoted in that book, trashing them repeatedly and led the president to put out a statement saying steve bannon lost his mind. now he gained a pardon.